Senior Test Automation Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a QA Test Engineer in Bristol, where you'll be part of a new Automation and Advisory Team. This role offers a hybrid working model, allowing you to balance office presence with remote work. You'll mentor fellow testers, drive automation best practices, and enhance testing frameworks. With a focus on quality and innovation, this position is perfect for those passionate about automation and eager to make a significant impact in a supportive environment. Enjoy a competitive salary and a robust benefits package while shaping the future of testing in the organization.

Qualifications

• Experience in QA testing and automation practices.
• Ability to mentor and guide junior testers.

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance automation frameworks for testing.
• Advise on test strategies and improve tooling.

Skills

Automation Testing

Mentorship

Test Automation Frameworks

Playwright

TypeScript

Job description

Job Description

I'm recruiting for an experienced QA Test Engineer or senior-level Automation Tester to join a fantastic company based in Bristol. The role offers hybrid working, with three days a week in the Bristol office (close to Aztec West) and two days working remotely.

This is a newly created role within a brand-new Automation and Advisory Team that’s being established to drive quality and innovation across the business.

The company is currently in the middle of a major transformation, upskilling their manual testers in test automation and moving them towards roles that are much more heavily automation-focused. As part of this journey, they are building a small expert Automation Advisory Team. You'll work closely alongside their existing Senior Automation Tester, helping to provide guidance, mentorship, and technical support to testers and delivery teams across the business.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a central team that will play a crucial role in upskilling teams, improving automation practices, and shaping how testing is delivered across the organisation. You’ll help define and drive automation best practices, create shared libraries and tooling to support other teams, and occasionally embed yourself into delivery squads to help solve specific technical challenges.

You’ll be heavily involved in building and enhancing automation frameworks, improving tooling, advising on test strategies, and ensuring a consistent, scalable approach to quality across all teams.

The business primarily uses Playwright and TypeScript, so experience with these is highly desirable, but they are happy to consider strong Automation Engineers from other technical backgrounds.

This is a brilliant opportunity to have a real impact at a company where quality is taken seriously and where you’ll have a strong voice in how automation evolves across the business.

Salary is up to £70,000 with bonus on top and an amazing benefits package.

If you’re passionate about automation, enjoy mentoring others, and want to be part of a growing, supportive team, please apply below or drop a message to Sam Miller at SR2 – Socially Responsible Recruitment.